Blogging Expectations
Some thoughts about what Joel expects out of blogging regularly, or having a website at all.
YouTube Shorts Are Like Crack
Back in February I decided to admit defeat in the battle against YouTube ads, and I signed up for Premium. Since then, I've become utterly addicted to shorts. It's very, very sad.
Roadkill
Another great book from Dennnis E. Taylor. This time about an alien that's killed in a road traffic accident.
Improving My Journal
Back in August I created a very simple Journal for my own use. I've been updating it lately and I think it's a lot better now.
The Wild Robot Escapes
The second book in The Wild Robot series. Another wholesome book that my kids really enjoyed.
How to Work Better
I was out with my family in Chester recently and I saw a quote on the side of a building explaining how to work better. I thought it was very well put, so I wanted to share it.
New Motorbike & Broken Phone Drama
I recently bought a new motorbike and managed to drop my phone while riding it. Oh joy.
Work to Live, Don’t Live to Work
I've always been a firm believer in this saying, and I've always tried to stick to it. But recently, things have flipped and it's killing me.
The Wild Robot
A lovely book to read with the kids, or alone. It's a great story, but there are some slightly darker parts.
RSS Feed Changes
You've probably seen a load of unread RSS items from my feed, sorry about that. Here's why...
How I Do Security Questions
Security questions like 'what is your mother's maiden name?' are so fucking bad. Here's what I do to make them slightly more secure.
Fellas, it's gay to like pop music?
Keenan talks about their love of Toxic by Britney Spears. Great song, great post.
Automatically Pulling Multiple Repos From GitHub on Mac
I have a number of GitHub repositories on my Mac and I wanted a way to auto-pull them on a regular basis. Here's how I did it.
Aligning Automattic’s Sponsored Contributions to WordPress
This whole WordPress saga is getting more and more ridiculous. This is the latest step by Automattic to further fuck things up for themselves.
Blog Questions Challenge
I saw a post from Brandon about a blog questions challenge doing the rounds on Bearblog and figured, even though I'm not on Bearblog, I'd do my own. 🙃
On Virtue Signalling
Some thoughts from me about virtue signalling and why I think it's a pointless exercise.
SQLite Facts
I knew SQLite was a cool project, but this great post show how interesting the project is.